Have They Got a Proposition
For You to Cast a Vote on ...

Updated Nov. 4, 1996 12:01 a.m. ET

Voters in many states will get a chance to be lawmakers, directly deciding issues great and small through ballot initiatives.

In Washington state, for instance, voters will decide whether to ban the hunting of cougars and bobcats with dogs. In Missouri, they'll determine whether to give a pay raise to people earning the minimum wage. Coloradans will vote on an ideologically charged constitutional amendment guaranteeing that...